"The Japanese country, it is said that they are descendants of our country since ancient times."
After a long time, Ru Rui exhaled gently and spoke slowly.
"Ru Shangshu, do you know it from ancient books?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a slight nod.
"That's right." Ru Yu said with certainty.
"I don't know how to tell. I am very ignorant and have never heard of such a thing." Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.
Ru Jin has learned a lot and memorized it since she was a child. After thinking about it for a while, she said:
"There are related records about this in 'The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin' and 'The Biography of Huainan Hengshan'."
"The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Yingzheng, asked for the medicine of immortality. Xu Fu, an alchemist, wrote a letter saying that there are three fairy mountains in the sea, Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, where gods live."
"The First Emperor sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls, as well as three years of food, clothing, medicine, and farming tools that had been prepared, to ride a mirage into the sea to seek immortality, which cost a lot of money."
"Xu Fu's first search for immortality failed, and he never returned after his second trip to sea."
"The Yingzhou mentioned in the book is the present-day Japanese state. The characters of the Japanese state are similar to our Ming Dynasty, and more similar to the pre-Qin characters. From this, it can be seen that the people of the Japanese state should also be descendants of our Chinese state."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded deeply and said with some sigh: "So that's it, we underestimated the Japanese country, but we didn't expect that we have the same origin as China."
Zhu Ying looked at the old man and the Minister of War, Ru Ru, and discussed with each other the origin of the Japanese country.
The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
The Ming Dynasty is not short of money, but it is short of real gold and silver.
Because the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were not recycled and were issued in large quantities, their circulation within the Ming Dynasty was restricted.
Outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes almost became waste paper.
Since ancient times, when becoming a master in the Central Plains, we have paid attention to the correct name and correct words.
Obviously, the old man and the Minister of War, Rujun, were already shaken by the large amount of silver mines contained in Shijian Yinshan.
Hearing this, Zhu Ying also followed the trend and said: "Japanese pirates invade our Ming Dynasty, just like brothers fighting against each other and killing each other."
"Nowadays, wars are raging in the realm of Japan. Our compatriots in the late stage of China are in dire straits. We should send troops from the Ming Dynasty to bring order to the chaos and save our descendants from dire straits."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he affirmed: "Grand Sun's words are reasonable. We will report it to His Majesty tomorrow. We must make sure that the Japanese country is in danger."
When Ru Yun heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, her eyelids jumped.
Zhu Ying had a smile on her face.
The bustle in the world is all for the sake of coming, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the sake of going away.
In the face of huge interests, the importance of the Japanese country is even more different than that of the grassland.
It is true that a large amount of silver cannot be exchanged for supplies in the Ming Dynasty, but it can be exchanged from abroad.
The tribute trade of the Ming Dynasty was extremely developed. During the Hongwu period alone, sixty-five small countries paid tribute.
After Yongle, due to Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, the highest number of tributes reached one hundred and forty-eight.
With enough silver, Zhu Yuanzhang could naturally understand the advantages of tribute trade.
The most important thing is that if the Japanese country can really be captured and the Yinshan Mountain is captured, the Ming Dynasty's treasury will become extremely full.
"Mr. Zhu, I heard you say before that you are quite clear about the traders along the coast. I think we can discuss this issue in detail." Ru Yu said.
He had previously dismissed Zhu Ying's words, but now he has begun to change his tone.
As for whether Zhu Ying is His Majesty's grandson, these are no longer important.
The important thing is how to clear out the puppet Japanese along the coast first, and then think about attacking the Japanese country now.
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How to save the compatriots of Chinese descent.
Recall that Zhu Ying mentioned before that stationing troops in Ryukyu was a very good suggestion.
"Don't worry, Lord Ru. If necessary, I will arrange for someone to accompany you and make sure that those Japanese bandits will not be able to escape." Zhu Ying said confidently.
He had long disliked the smugglers along the coast.
Due to the maritime ban, a large amount of goods in Zhu Ying's caravan could only be profited through smuggling.
This is inseparable from these big smugglers along the coast.
Monopolistic sales often lead to huge profits. If you want goods to take the sea route, they can only intercept a lot of profits.
Although Zhu Ying's power was not small, and thousands of cavalry were gathered together, none of these smugglers could be beaten.
But that’s not how the accounts work out.
First of all, although the total number of cavalry under Zhu Ying was five thousand, they were basically scattered to maintain Zhu Ying's caravan trade.
Secondly, so many cavalry can only move outside the Ming Dynasty. If they want to enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty, is it because the Ming Dynasty does not have enough soldiers and horses?
Any vassal king has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands. Zhu Ying's five thousand cavalry entered the Ming Dynasty, and I'm afraid there won't be any splash.
Even if Qiao Chuan entered most of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang would devour troops and prepare dozens of Japanese cities along the coast.
These smugglers are hiding among them, and I am afraid they will be killed by Ming soldiers before they start fighting.
As a result, Zhu Ying had no choice but to let the smuggling traders along the coast extract more than 60% of the huge profits.
Even some greedy smuggling merchants may extract 80% of the profits.
Of course, even so, Zhu Ying still made money. It's just that the goods weren't brought by strong winds. Even if it was a business without capital in the desert, it would only be based on manpower.
He was amputated for no reason, no one would feel sad.
After listening to Zhu Ying's words, Ru Yu nodded slightly, with a thoughtful look on her face.
As the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, he has already begun to think about the Ming Dynasty's military deployment in the coastal areas, and has even begun to deduce it in his mind.
After the smugglers who are connected to Japan are known, how to mobilize and how many soldiers and horses to mobilize to attack Japan.
For now, there is no need for many reasons to fight against Japan, because Japan itself has provided Ming Dynasty with too many excuses.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect that when he originally asked Ru Yu to come over, he had two intentions.
Since Dasun has mastered the list of Japanese pirates, he naturally wants to eliminate them.
Secondly, he wanted to use Ru Jun's words to persuade Zhu Ying to attack the Japanese country.
Family, country and world.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, it is natural to have family first and then country.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's current opinion, this family is big enough. After the war in the late Yuan Dynasty, it should focus on recuperating and recuperating, and there is no need to start a war lightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang is getting older, and it is enough for him to just want this family to be passed down for generations to come.
Even in the latest revision of Huang Ming's ancestral precepts, fifteen countries, including Japan, have been established as countries without conquest.
As a poor peasant, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the lofty ambitions of Feng Langju Xu.
I just want future generations to be able to manage the territory of the Ming Dynasty safely and stably.
"Ru Shangshu, we still have some things to talk to Dasun alone." Seeing that a lot of time had passed and it was about to return to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ru Yu.
"Well, then I will wait for the old man downstairs." Ru Yu stood up and said with a calm expression.
Hearing this, Zhu Ying's eyes flashed.
It seems that after all, he underestimated the old man's power in the court.
The old man must have an extremely close relationship with His Majesty to have such a status.
After Ru Yu went down the stairs and there was no sound.
Zhu Yuanzhang then turned his head and asked Zhu Ying quietly: "Dasun, don't think you are your father's biological son."
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